
Hard to Be a God
Arkady & Boris Strugatsky · 1964
Historians from a utopian Earth observe a medieval planet, forbidden to interfere. But what do you do when fascism rises? The Strugatskys wrote both an adventure and a devastating meditation on the inability of outsiders to save people from themselves.
Science Fiction & Fantasy · the Pro canon
The case for it, the case against, and the rest of the canon open with Pro.